My opinion: As perioperative and critical care physicians, we are always encountering dilemmas about the definition of death. Without delving into philosophical intricacies about this definition from an individual’s perspective, I want to focus on how and when specific organs can be proclaimed dead wherein some organs’ deaths ..

Abstract: Introduction/AimThe aim of this study was to establish gender differences in the comorbidities of heart failure (HF) patients both with preserved (HFpEF) or reduced (HFrEF) left ventricular ejection fraction Materials and MethodsThis is a retrospective study including 535 heart failure patients hospitalized in the pe..

Abstract: The prevalence of coronary heart disease (CHD) in South Asian (Indians) populations continues to be greater than the prevalence observed in people of European descent. The death rate attributed to CHD is also greatest in India. Through a combination of unique risk factors, potential causes for this observed difference ..

My Opinion: Joshi (2015) [1] prospectively investigated cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) in an Indian hospital scenario. However, the paper did not provide the reasons why 153 out of 413 in-hospital “witnessed” arrests were not considered for resuscitation attempts (the numbers, who did not qualify for CPR after in-hospital..

Abstract: Background: Studies have shown that a circadian rhythm may exist in the onset of acute coronary syndromes. More studies are needed in the Indian population to confirm the existence of this circadian variation and add to the existing literature in the Indian population. Methods: Two hundred twenty consecutive patients w..

Abstract : Background: Right ventricular (RV) pacing creates artificial left ventricular (LV) dyssynchrony and thus can be used as a surrogate for left bundle branch block (LBBB). Assuming this, our aim was to assess the evolution of the QRS width in chronically paced pediatric patients with and without structural heart disease (..

Abstract : Intracardiac primary tumors are rare conditions. The 75% of them are benign, the 25% malignant and approximately 50% are myxomas in adults. About 75% of atrial myxoma arise in left atrium, while right atrial myxomas occurring only in the 15-20% of all cases as discussed elsewhere [1-3]. The symptoms are atypical and ..